hi, sal. >>> hi, claudine and mike, good morning to you. we're pretty comfortable over here and so is the commute. the traffic looks pretty nice around the bay. go out and take a look here on the east shore freeway commute. it's a nice drive getting out to the macarthur maze and no major problems getting to the bay bridge toll plaza. also this morning we're looking pretty good on interstate 880 north and southbound. that traffic looks very nice. if you're driving 280 northbound and southbound that traffic looks good getting up to highway 17. so we're off to a very nice start. 5:09. let's go to steve. >>> sal, thank you, sir. well, yesterday warm up. temperatures on the coast, inland bumped up a good five to ten degrees for some. started the morning off with no fog. that helps the coast. today though the fog has come roaring back. so cooler today coast and bay. now it's still rather shallow so i think we'll get low 90s inland but probably take about two to four degrees off soft of those inland highs. cooler pattern into saturday and then a w

live here in larkspur claudine wong. >> very interesting. claudine is on it. >>> the u.s. senate has canceled its holiday recess as the debate continues over the debt ceiling. republicans have made an effort to get the president to get the work done over the holiday. we will have president obama's response in a live report from our washington, d.c. newsroom. >>> the government shut down in minnesota this morning after lawmakers failed to meet a midnight budget deadline there. it is part of a bitter dispute between the democratic governor and republican lead legislature. the governor wants to raise taxes for the state's wealthiest americans. thousands of state workers are staying home. highway rest stops, state parks and the capitol building in minnesota are closed. >>> time now 5:06. it's official. the city of san francisco failed to meet the budget deadline. they didn't work out the final pieces of a huge package. they have agreed on almost all of mayor ed lee's $6.8 billion spending plan. they are still debating social services cuts and contracting out some security at a

. >> and i'm claudine wong. dave and pam are off today. want to start you off with a quick look at your weather and traffic. steve paulson here with that. hi, steve. >>> hello, claudine, mike. good morning. we have a little change today. what change would that be? more in the way of low fog and clouds. for others still warm to hot. yesterday morganhill, livermore, concord, 95. still low 90s but about two to four degrees cooler for some and bigger drop coast and bay with 60s and 70s. now update on traffic with sal. >>> right now northbound 280 traffic looks good up to 880. no major problems there. also the morning commute is looking good if you're on 680 south heading down to the pleasanton area and into fremont. 6:00 let's go back to the desk. >>> well, the space shuttle atlantis is back on earth after a predawn landing in florida this morning. >> landing gear down and locked . main gear touched down. >> looked picture perfect. that four member crew and the second youngest shuttle returned from space just before 3:00 our time. less than a

and claudine wong has opinion there all morning. there now, joining us live with more on this special watch party. good morning, claudine. >> reporter: good morning, dave. yes, take a look. the seats are filling up. this is their meg megadome. the doors opened at about 7:30 this morning. we talk to people waking up as early as 4:30 to make sure they goat got -- they got in here. they say there's something about watching this with all that are interested. it makes them want to be part of it. >> i didn't want to interrupt you as you are listening to nasa. how are you feeling today about the last launch? >> iten the -- it's the ent of an era. i remember when they test-drove the enterprise. >> reporter: in terms of science, we move into this new phase. you know, certainly people are sad. they like the idea of an australia go into space. you walked about how this was will exciting with the robotics to look at the -- >> yeah. the shuttle has been responsible for launching pretty successful operations. the hubble itself has brought you so

claudine wong is live with the details. including a hard fight to stop the fire from spreading to a second house. claudine. >> reporter: dave, we are on the 1800 block of foothill boulevard. the fire broke out in this victorian. there is a couple things i want to point out. you cannot see a lot of damage from the front of the building. if you take a look down below, you can see a lot of damage from what was left after the firefighters pulled out of the building. this is a multiunit building. you can see two doors that go to the first and second doors. down below in the front that is another unit. a basement unit of this building. when you talk about the number of people in this building there are three families in this building. everyone was able to get themselves out when this fire broke out. firefighters say it started on the second floor of the building and appears people have been spending the day move into that unit. not sure how it started yet. ed second floor unit is damaged. the first floor unit is also damaged. the

as claudine mentioned quite a tie up.t past this accident three lanes of southbound 101 are closed and as you can see traffic is trying to maneuver around the accident at this point. but as soon as we get more information from the chp we will pass it along to you at the top of the hour. reporting live jade hernandez. >>> and from jade let's go right to sal with a check on of the traffic down there in the south bay. for folks waking up what to avoid in that area and the best way to get around. >> right. as jade showed us pictures from news chopper 2. i want to show you the bigger scene down there approaching the san jose airport. and now as she mentioned this is right on the border between santa clara and san jose. if you look at 101 the bigger problem will be for northbound drivers. that is the commute direction and people are slowing unfortunately as they do when that there is a serious accident. as you can see if our news chopper two is going to tilt up for me news chopper two a little bit just so i can see that backup

today it's sunny side up and warmer for you and me and claudine. patchy fog. temperatures will be in the 50- 80s. here is sal. >>> steve, good morning. traffic is is doing well around the bay area. westbound 580 livermore there was a crash that has just cleared and the traffic traffic has discovered. highway 4 coming up to the willow pass grade with no major issues here. right now we are look at interstate 880 and that traffic is moving nicely in both directions here. san francisco 101 looks good. on the lower deck of the bay bridge still a couple lanes closed eastbound right when you get on to the bridge. the far left lanes are closed just about ready to pick up the closure. watch for workers when you get on that lower deck. let's go back to the desk. >>> new this morning arson investigators are trying to determine what caused eight u- haul trucks to catch fire. tara moriarty joins us live from the scene where concern over what could have happened had firefighters evacuating nearby homes. tara. >> reporter: neighbors tell us 24 people had to be evacuated beca

paul. >> reporter: good morning, claudine. police are investigating two separate shootings that happened last night. they happened a few miles away from each other and 30 minutes apart. i'm joined by lieutenant french right now to give us new details. can you tell us what happened in the first shooting. the one that happened about 10:15. >> we know a male was standing outside when shot. a 23-year-old male. by a suspect we believe that was on foot. she expected to survive at this point. >> reporter: a half hour later we had another shooting where two people were shot and killed; correct? >> that is correct. in the 400 block of thistle. we had three people shot. two were pronounced dead at the scene. a male and female both in their 30s and we had another female in her 20s that were take ton the hospital. >> reporter: you are looking at a possible connection between the two. why is that? >> because of the close proximity between the two. there has been a feud between north richmond and central richmond. >> reporter: thank you for

claudine wong has more. two people are dead, claudine? >> yeah, that's right, mike. video and pictures coming in from oslo, norway. the norwegian news april jency says -- agency said it is a bomb. the painer is telling us the -- paper is telling us the death toll stands at two. we want to show you video posted on youtube. this man is recording as he's going. you can seat chaos in the streets. that blast tore through several office buildings, including the prime minister in oslo, norwegian. we also have still pictures of the scene that gives you an idea of just how extensive the damage is there. you can see windows blown out and paper strewn everywhere. we just want to give you an idea of the area. that building does house the prime minister and his administration. there is a lot of ministry buildings around as well that area. this blast comes at norway grapples with a home-grown terror plot that's been linked to al qaeda. two suspects are linked to that. we are not clear, again, if anyone is taking responsibility for the blast but we know police are confirming that i

claudine. >> reporter: yes. mail service was stopped here for several days all because of this incident between a dog versus a mail carrier. i want to show you a picture of the dog who apparently caused all of this mess. this is mocha. a one and a half-year-old chihuahua that lives here in vallejo. mocha's owner says she was standing outside her house last thursday with mocha. she says the carrier was walking across the street and the dog did go and circle the postal carrier a couple times. according to her the carrier got upset, said he was withholding service to the neighborhood and took off and that's the last time anyone saw their mail until just yesterday. i just talked to a neighbor who says he feels like this entire situation is an overreaction. >> the whole neighborhood shouldn't be -- be hostage. >> reporter: you didn't get your mail? >> that's right. we did not get it. >> reporter: did you finally get it yesterday? >> yes, we did. hopefully they got the situation in town squared away. >> reporter: did

congress -- claudine wong was all over it. claudine. >> reporter: dave, good morning. the word is out here. seeing folks coming in. heading to that boat that leaves at 6:35 this morning. if you leave the ferry out of larkspur or sausalito and had a plan b to get to work you can cancel that. service is on as scheduled. that is the gate going up this morning. letting the first passengers through this morning. that is craig who ha a plan to get a ride from a friend. he was in the parking lot waiting. you look like you're trying to be patient with the whole process. >> yes, i am. >> reporter: so why all the confusion? this all started at 3:00 yesterday afternoon. the union representing the ticket takers and dock workers issued a press release saying they would be going on strike today for one day. the district found out about that from the media and said they could not confirm it but to be on the safe tide they decided to tell commuters service is canceled. it told the district yesterday about 9:00 at night there would be no strike at all. there are some trust and communic

claudine wong is at shabo space and science center. they have a lot of great people to answer questions there. good morning, claudine. >> reporter: good morning, pam. they want to celebrate the history making portion of this day and celebrate all the years of nasa space exploration and what is happening today. we are at chebout. they will open at 7:30. i guess at this point everyone wondering if this large will happen. we will go back live at this picture you showed us. this is the shuttle atlantis where the crew has gotten on board that shuttle and they were saled in at 5:06 is when they will be sealing those doors. they will pull away the walkway at 6:21. everyone operating on the assumption that this will go forward. in just about 15 minutes the jet will take off to get a better gauge of that weather. that may give us a better indication of whether or not we will see this launch happening. rain could delay it. the weekend doesn't look better. fit doesn't happen by monday we could be looking at another week if this goes forward. fit

claudine. >> reporter: sal, there is a strike officially under way. we are at the larks purr ferry terminal and these gates are down. they will all be closed today because of a one-day strike. the district made the decision yesterday after the union issued a press release start strike. ticket takers are striking for one day as they plan to replace those workers with ticket machines. word began to spread yesterday and people started making other plans. >> pride means i'm going to to stay home and make it work out tomorrow. >> reporter: the district told us they have been in association with the ticket takers union for month. the contract with its workers expired at midnight preponderate district says this -- >> the ticket machine is right there. bart runs an incredible system on bart ma means. we are not happy about that. we are not happy that is the direction we need to go. >> all right again no ferry service from marin county. >>> major cut backs a the the san jose fire department ahead of a hot and dry fourth of july weekend. that is the latest cut

. >> i'm claudine wong. tori campbell has the day off. it's wednesday, july 27th. >>> it could still be a while before an interstate 880 offram reopens. that's because police are still investigating the accident there. ktvu's paul chambers has been there all morning long and has more on what led up to the crash. >> reporter: good morning, claudine. it's been five and a half hours, as you said. and they are still out here looking at the crash scene. officers are conducting an investigation after a teenaged driver died after a chase with chp. now, officers say around 1:20 this morning, they tried to pull over a 19-year-old man at the intersection of international for driving recklessly and weaving. instead of obeying the chp officers, he sped off, later getting on the 880 northbound. when the driver exited from the freeway at the 29th street offramp, he crashed. officers say he was not wearing his seat belt and he was partially ejected from the car and alcohol may be related. >> it appears to be alcohol- related. we did find open containers

it would be terrible if you got a ticket. 4:30 let's go back to claudine. >>> this morning the investigation continues into a deadly police shooting. ktvu tara moriarty is getting new information about exactly what happened during last nights deadly confrontation. >> reporter: bart police are releasing more information. more details about exactly what went down here last night. what we do know is one man is dead after two bart police officers shot and killed him here hat the civic center station plaza some time after 9:30. we have video from last night of that man being rushed to the hospital. 15 minutes later he was then pronounced dead within an hour. now the initial call came in around 9:30. authorities say the suspect was on the stations platform. he appeared intoxicated and was stumbling and wobbling around. joining me live is dan hearth wick to fill in details for us. tell me what you know. >> reporter: at 9:34 bart dispatch received a call from bart central reporting a wobbly unstable man. at 9:45 two bart police officers riding trains in the downtown area arrived at the same station.

. >>> good afternoon, i am claudine wong in to tori campbell. >>> right now hundreds are remembering a law enforcement officer killed while off-duty trying to help a friend. >>> craig deb bo joins us from marin county with more on the man who friends say had a heart of gold, craig. >> reporter: thank you, claudine, this is the memorial program they are handing out for the officer shot and killed last week, actually taking place around the corner there at the veteran's memorial. friends, family and law enforcement saying goodbye. a procession lead the hearse down south, inside the body of jim jim mathisson. when he lost his life he wasn't on duty, he was helping a friend. >> this is an emotional day. >> reporter: he got a call from a friend, she needed a help removing a boyfriend from her home. that man shot him to death when he arrived. the woman's brother shot him, who was a parolee who had been booked into jail many times. >> if he could tell you to quit crying. suck it up buttercup was one of his favorite sayings. >> the marine county law enforcement community turned out in masse.

i'm claudine wong in for tori campbell. >>> right now, police are searching for a gunman in an early-morning shooting that left a man critically injured. police say the victim was with his family trying to help the home les when he was shot. 2 it happened just after 1:00 at 42nd street and that's where paul chambers is. >> reporter: claudine we just moved to oakland pd. the victim is a 29-year-old man. he and his family give back to the community frequently and they were doing just that this morning. >> out there late at night cooking food to give to people. >> reporter: he says he was there when the victim was shot. >> i was standing right there. the kids are hollering, his wife is hollering. >> reporter: they had just served food to international boulevard and then drove down to 42nd avenue. it's when they were in the 1000 block of 42nd when he heard shots fired. >> van went behind us, stopped, backed up. automatic of a sudden -- all of a sudden, three shots and then two more shot the. >> reporter: holloway says that's when the gunman he saw driving a vehicle sped off 42nd avenue. the vehi

in larkspur, claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> today is the 18th anniversary of the deadliest crime in san francisco history, it happened at the office tower at 101 california street. an enraged gunman walked into the high rise with semi automatic weapons and started shooting. he killed eight and wounded six others before killing himself. this week the district attorney marked the anniversary by pushing for a new assault weapons ban. it will be similar to the federal law passed in 1994 that expired seven years ago. >>> pg&e is facing new safety questions, an internal investigation found utility contractors and workers may have falsified inspection reports on underground electrical vaults. the san jose mercury news reports as many as 14 inspectors failed to check dozens of underground facilities across the bay area. pg&e is already underfire for its major role in the san bruno pipeline disaster. >>> as of today it is the law. all california homeowners must have a carbon monoxide detector installed. a store here is among the stores that have seen an increase in sales. it is sold out i

but as claudine wong reports, neighbors are not convinced mocha was a threat. >> reporter: for days, mail boxes in this neighborhood sat empty. postal carriers did not come to this block on friday, saturday or monday. the reason, this little dog named mocha. mocha is a 1 1/2-year-old chihuahua who has lived in the neighborhood for a couple of months. >> you know the dog? >> yeah, i met the dog before. >> reporter: mocha was running around near her home last thursday. her owner who didn't want to go on camera told us the postal carrier was walking down the street when mocha ran up to him and ran around him a couple of times. she said she didn't think it was a big deal but the postal carrier got scared, saying he was putting the mail on hold and took off. mocha's owners weren't the only ones affected by this. other neighbors said the postal service sent them a letter saying they wouldn't get their mail until this issue resolved. for three days, residents who wanted their mail had to go to the post office and get it themselves. >> i have to go into the city and rush down to the post off

. >> reporter: thanks claudine. richmond police and contra costa county sheriffs deputies and investigators are not doing celebrating. theythe shooting happened just after 8:15 last night. in each shooting there appears to be very little to explain the circumstances. the first one a mcdonalds police arrived to find two people run inside of their car. one of the victims is a 27-year- old man. the other victim is recovering at a hospital. live monday place were in the middle of another homicide investigation. this one went two miles away. the homicide victim is found in the vehicle. police found a 19-year-old man dead inside of a car following a shooting. here investigators say there is evidence that suggests another victim was in the car and injured. and funnelly in north richmond contra costa county sheriff deputies shot dead. we do have information that there appears to ban investigator possibly coming in this morning or perhaps a police spokesperson to talk to the news media about all of these incidents. reporting

let's go back to mike and claudine. >>> time now 5:57. a fatal police shooting leads to a rowdy demonstration in san francisco. how the city police chief hopes to cool the growing tension. >>> an early morning fire at a mountain view u-haul facility. now dogs are being brought in to investigate the suspicious circumstances. >>> good morning, not much in the way of fog. temperatures warming up. how much? we'll have those in two minutes.

ktvu claudine wong live now with a preview about all of this and to tell us about what the suspect is also connected to. claudine. >> reporter: certainly we are learning more, dave, this morning about 30-year-old mark lugo. he is expected to be in court at 9:00 this morning at the hall of justice. a lot of people want to talk to him. it's not just authorities here. he's not just accused of stealing a picasso in san francisco he's also accused of stealing art and wine in new jersey. leaving a san francisco art gallery allegedly with a $200,000 picasso drawing. he was arrested but the story made his way out to new jersey. the police there got video of him from san francisco and then realized they have the same guy. that lead to the raid of his home. we also learned this morning he's also wanted for a case in township where he apparently is accused of stealing wine from a liquor store. a couple of bottles valued at $2,000 a pop. so a lot on his we have looked at surveillance video from one of the n cases of him walking out of that liquor store. we'll have that coming up. we have also bee

. >> and i'm claudine wong. pam cook has the morning off. let's start off with a quick look at your weather and traffic. good morning, to you steve. >> thank you. skies are clear. a little bit of a west wind trying to establish itself. i don't think it will matter if you are away from the coast. 70s and 80s closer to it. i think some hint of a sea breeze will kick in this afternoon. here is sal. >>> this fire in san francisco has just gone to a second alarm at mission and bosworth. mission street is now shut down. you can see some of the smoke in the outer mission street. mission and bosworth near st. john's church there. near st. mary's park neighborhood. the fire department sending a second alarm. you will hear more sirens getting on to the area. we had report people are inside the building. again, let's put it back on the map so everyone knows where this is guys. mission near bosworth. it's near al main knee and mission street is shut down. ktvu is on it. we should be there momentarily and give you a report on what is going on. let's go b

. >>> hello, claudine. things are doing well out there as you might imagine there is some road work to worry about if you are driving out of san francisco to oakland. but we're doing pretty well. go outside and take a look at the east shore freeway. that looks good coming to the macarthur maze. no incidents to report along that stretch between the bridge and the maze. in oakland traffic is at the speed limit here in oakland right near the oakland coliseum. if you're driving up to downtown should be a very nice drive for you. interstate 580 same thing goes there. this is 280 san jose northbound right there through downtown. it's a nice drive. traffic is moving well up to highway 17. at 4:40 let's go to steve. >>> all right, sal, thank you. very good morning. temperatures boy they rocketed up yesterday. 90s inland. a lot of 80s even around the bay. and beautiful 60s, 70s by the coast. that's because we didn't have any fog. today we do. fog is starting to fill in rapidly. still kind of shallow i'd say around 1

claudine wong reports. >> reporter: emergency crews got the call about 6:30 this morning. they raced to this field near sellers and highway 4 on the outskirts of brentwood and found the crop dusting chopper down. >> when we arrived at the scene we had one helicopter down with the victim still inside. >> reporter: the pilot had some scary moments when his chopper fell 20 feet to the ground. emergency crews say he was in the process of spraying local fields and say mechanical failure is to blame for his crash in this corn field. >> we have a lot of corn that's produced in this area. he was spraying the crop, spraying the corn. and he was turning around and he lost control of his vehicle and he had a mechanical failure. >> reporter: the pilot was the only person on board and was cautious. firefighters say he is well known in the area and knows this terrain well. >> he's very familiar with this area. what i'm being told is he sprays the majority of the fields in this local region. >> reporter: not the day this pilot had planned for. authorities say he will be okay, and will li

claudine. >> reporter: well, dave, this is a dog versus mail carrier incident.t talked to the owner of that dog and she is not happy this morning. not happy to see us. not happy the story's out here and not happy mail service was suspended in her neighborhood for days. this is where the incident happened apparently last thursday. apparently this was a dog versus carrier. although it's still unclear this morning if the dog actually chased the carrier, was let loose on the carrier or even which dog it was. now the owner of the dog doesn't want her name used. she doesn't want her house shown. she says she's getting harassed by her neighbors and says it's all unwarranted. she says she wasn't home at the time but according to the times herald a postal carrier was chased by a dog. she has two dogs. a chihuahua and a pit bull and different reports over what dog was involved. she says it was the smaller one and surrendered it off all this happened. no one was bitten or hurt but things went to the next level when the postal service suspended service to this neighborhood

please welcome me and joining claudine cheng for her remarks on this year's celebration. >> thank youeryone, for joining us for our celebration this year. the theme of our celebration is celebrate heritage, celebrated community voices. the community is selected this team for two reasons. one -- the community recognizes we care about this city, that we want our interest to be addressed, and how do we do that? we need our voices to be heard. the second reason -- we would like to inspire and encourage the next generation of leaders to be engaged and affected community voices. so far, this year, we have decided to dedicate our award to individuals and business organizations that have been effective community voices. there is a listing of all the finalists in the program books. they have all been magnificent. thank you on behalf of the community. i hope -- i know all of them are here tonight and i would like to ask them to stand and be recognized. all of our awards finalists, please stand and be recognized. [applause] and just like every single one of you, i look forward to hearing who the

live in the newsroom claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> boy, claudine, you know everything. >> --oday -- >> i know, if you want to know more we have an interactive map of all of them on our ktvu.com website. look for the weekend extra tab. >> today is a little extra -- >> that's right -- >> -- people, all right, 8:42. the well-known politician behind a minidale that could provide a solution to the debt debate. >> the urgent call that led to a police officer's death. >> the fate of a mother accused of killing her daughter will soon be in the hands of a jury. we will find out when with a live report from florida. >>> 8:45, happening now closing arguments wrapping up in the casey anthony murder trial, the fate of the florida mother accused of killing her daughter will soon be in the hands of the jury. jessica stone is in florida where the defense says the prosecutors account of what happened is absurd, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we are watching the judge give instructions to the jury. the prosecution has finished its rebuttal after talking to the jury. after a day yeste

claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> 8:01.se of an early-morning fire in atherton remains under investigation. it started at this home on mount vernon lane around 3:00 a.m., fire crews say there was an explosion before the fire started. part of the house is currently under construction. everyone inside made it out safely. >>> wall knit creek police are searching for a man they stay robbed a bank at gunpoint. it happened yesterday afternoon at the bank of the west on north california boulevard. police say the man pointed the handgun at. the teller. a police dog traced the man sent to a nearby parking garage. he was not found. he's described as african- american in miss mid-20s, about 5'6". >>> your time, 8:02. police are searching for a homicide suspect now wanted for it a -- for it a third killing. this is jonathan walker. police say he is now the suspect in a vallejo homicide that happened three years ago. take it a look at the video from the shooting scene from last month in vallejo that police are also connecting talker to.

as ktvu's claudine wong told us, even though the workers showed up, the strike threat is not over. >>don't know what's going to happen. okay. >> okay, thank you. >> so if you get on the bus you might not be able to get back here. >> we'll find a way. >> that ferry passenger left the terminal by bus. he had no way of knowing that the strike that had just been announced hours earlier was cancelled. union workers were just as confused. >> you don't see any signs up so i guess we're supposed to work. >> you didn't know anything about a strike. >> i haven't heard anything about a strike. >> reporter: despite gates being open and ticket machined unlocked it wasn't until just before 5:30 a.m. that the district made it official. >> they are not going to strike today. and we will be running service. >> both sides blame the other for the confusion but once the word got out, passengers started showing up. >> you look like you're trying to be patient with the whole process. >> yes i am. >> reporter: but all were very happy to throw plan b out the window. >> i was in the car on the way to the city

started seven years ago, as indicated by claudine. for me, it is one of the most events every year. in pencil it out just as it is my birthday. i am here to celebrate with you, and i congratulate all of the honorees and awardees on this very special occasion. happy asia-pacific american week. thank you. [applause] >> and i heard the supervisor kim has joined us. thank you for being here. >> i look at david and jan and i would not be here if it were not for them. you have heard the professional side of it. 20 years ago, i was a very young reporter in montgomery, alabama, and our -- they decided, they had come out to san francisco and decided that they needed someone that looked just like her, and i was the only one in the newsroom in montgomery, alabama that look like her. do you know they forced me to do this show, and that started me on my road to coming out to san francisco and the bay area to live and work here and become part of the community. i thank jan for that. i had no idea who she was, but that is how i got my start in the coming out to california. on a quick personal note

that bridge now provides two lanes instead of one and as ktvu's claudine wong reports crews say there has been a lot of progress on doyle drive. >> reporter: this morning drives coming from marin county into san francisco found themselves adjusting to yet another change many their commute. but it's one that they can get used to. highway 1 is now two lanes. the exit, if you are going from golden gate bridge to highway 1, two lanes that will be permanently two lanes forward. the overnight shut down and transition considered just another milestone from the 1 billion doyle drive project that has been underway since 2009 but caltrans says it's time to get rid of a roadway that is outdated and substandard. this weekend's transition is one milestone crews are celebrating another. take a close look at crews. they are working above ground burb they are also down below. because doyle drive is going underground and the floor of the first tunnel just went in. >> it's essentially a pretty deep trench and we're constructing a roof over it as owessed to a more traditional tunnel like the double slid

in san francisco, claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> newt gingrich presidential campaign is more than $1 million in debt. according to documents that were released today, the campaign has spent 1.8 million and now says he is over 1 million in debt including $450,000 for flying on corporate jets and another $100,000 for legal fees. gingrich says he is now spending less and he's also flying commercial. >>> republican presidential candidate mitt romney is comparing some recent comments from president obama to controversial comments made by jimmy carter. campaigning in new hampshire, romney quoted obama saying americans were stressed out. quarter used that word in a speech 32 years ago today. romney says if americans are under stress in this economy, it's because the president has failed them. >>> cnn reports that republican presidential candidate michelle bachmann cancelled her membership in a controversial minnesota church. bachmann and her husband marcus withdrew last month from salem lutheran church. they've been membered for three years but have not attended for two years. it's

. >> i'm claudine wong. just within the last hour, the white house announced that the president will give an announcement at 7:20. we have more about this latest setback for house speaker john boehner's debt plan. oosh oar there was a lot of unsort as republicans were short on votes. they today they're meeting at this hour just down stairs house republicans gathering for a closed door meeting. senate democrats down stairs in their on meeting. everybody trying to figure out what the way forward is before that tuesday deadline on the debt limit. we'll have a statement in 20 minutes. a lot of people on the republican side probably not too interested in what he has to say as the finger pointing rolls on. i'd like to say there would be some kind of resolution but at this point in time looks like another late night and long weekend in the house and senate and at the white house as well. >> thank you. >> of course, stay with us for continuing coverage. also, book mark ktvu.com. we are posting the latest development

claudine wong is there as well. and coming up at 7:00 on mornings on 2 she will tell us what makes viewing the shuttle launch at chabot so special. i will tell you i have been there before and the people there are very knowledgeable about everything. it would be fun. they would have all kinds of information. >> sounds good. >>> time now 6:38. let's see if the commute sounds good. looks good sal? >> i think it does dave and pam. for the most part any way. the traffic is moving well. now as we go out to what we have for you let's talk about the fog now i think i understood steve in saying that today's fog will burn off more quickly than yesterday's fog. so we will get confirmation on that from steve himself in just a moment. let's take a look at the bay bridge. that traffic is light so far coming into san francisco. and if you are driving in hayward union city and fremont that traffic looks good. i want to move it up here to the east shore freeway of vallejo and pinole. traffic is also doing very nicely heading down t

. >> and claudine wong. police in richmond are investigating a fatal shooting. a man and woman are dead and the third victim is in critical condition. paul. >> reporter: claudine, police say there is a feud going on in two sections of richmond out here. they believe it may be linked to top sections that happened last night. the first shooting happened around 10:15 in the 400 block of thistle avenue. once on scene they found three people had been shot two had been pronounced dead at the scene. they did say the shooting victims were a man and a woman in their 30s. police took a third victim who is female to the hospital where she is expected to survive. although police have not released any information about a suspect they are investigating this homicide. that shooting happened around 9:45 in the 200 block oviger true avenue. police took a 23-year-old man who was shot to the hospital and he's expected to live. as of right now police do not have any suspects. >> we have some kind of feud going on between north richmond and our central richmond area. we don't know e

i'm claudine wong. tori campbell is off. >>> commuters who ride the bus in marin city are being told to be on the lookout after a series 6 robberies. ktvu's kraig debro is live with how authorities are responding to this increase in violence. >> reporter: good morning. we're actually at the san rafael transit hub, but in talking with people here up eight miles to the south here is not unique at all. it can happen here in san rafael, as it has, over the past now years. i talked to a security guard, a private security guard, i also talked with an official at golden gate transit. i talked with officials. they say they know about the problem. we're at the -- they say they know about the problem at the security hub. over the past few weeks we've seen a lot of robberies down at that very city transit center. there have been four. the first one started on june 26th. there was an armed robbery -- unarm 9 robbery, i should say -- unarmed robbery, i should say. they didn't get away with anything because the victi

in occidental, claudine wong, ktvu news. >> our web journalist also went along for the ride, a specialt on the site, just log onto ktvu.com, look under the right now section. >>> the search is on for a gunman this morning after one person was shot outside a northern california target store. >>> plus, an 11-year-old girl listening to her ipod got hit by a stray bullet. what we're now learning about arrests made in the case. >>> hundreds of same-sex marriage are getting married in new york. supporters are wondering what it might mean for california. >>> what the forecast has in store for the new workweek. ♪ ♪ free access to chase atm's wherever you are. that's a step forward. chase customers can avoid atm fees with over 16,000 nationwide. take a step forward and chase what matters. >>> i now pronounce you legally married! ♪ [ music ] >> same-sex marriages are now underway in new york. welcome back to mornings on 2. >> new york is now the largest state in the country where same- sex marriage is legal, and it comes as the fight over proposition 8 continues right here in california. >> alli

they include, for many years, claudine chang. larry delcarlo. larry mazolo jr. lord richardson. john paul samaha. [applause] to members of the treasure island citizen advisory board, countless hours from our citizens involved in every way, especially the president, karen knkowles pierce. [applause] she has worked so well with the other island residents including becky hoge, john conners, and bnetty lettington. we have our organizations on treasure island, who have been working so hard for us, and of so many other important things ever present our city. including the director of the homeless initiative, sarah. [applause] thank you. member organization that are included in this initiative have been the boys and girls club of san francisco, catholic charities, community housing partnerships, mercy housing, rubicon, tool works, and walden house. thank you for your cooperation. [applause] and to our development partners who we have come to know, cherish, lived with, talked out a lot of issues, at the state level, local level, and of course, the treasury -- a treasure island community

ktvu's claudine wong with more oned what and the rescue by emergency workers. >> reporter: emergency crews got the call about 6:30 this morning. they raced to this field near sellers and highway 4 on the outskirts of brentwood and found the crop-dusting chopper down. >> when we arrived atscene one helicopter down with one victim still inside. >> reporter: sheriff's department says the pilot had some scary moments when his chopper fell 20 feet to the ground. emergency crews say he was in the process of spraying local fields and say a mechanical failure is to blame for his sudden crash into this corn field. >> we have a lot of corn that is produced out in this area and that is what he was doing. he was spraying the crops -- spraying the corn and turning around and lost control of his vehicle. >> reporter: the pilot was the only person on board and was conscious when he was pulled from the whopper. firefighters say he is well- known in the area and knows this terrain well. >> he is very familiar with the area. what i have been told he sprays a majority of the fields in this local region

as claudine wong reported, part of the emphasis for that was the jaycee dugard case. >> reporter: lawcement teams gathered before dawn this week across the bay area. >> open the door. >> reporter: their target, sex offenders who violate parol. in this case, curfew. >> i had a seizure friday night. i said, i thought everything was going to be all right, because i was going to call my parol officer and let them know. >> reporter: they have a goal, to check on every paroled sex offender in the state. our cameras got a look. >> operation safe playgrounds follows criticism after jaycee dugard's discovery. the department of corrections promised changes especially after a large parolee at large. >> we were hoverrering around 19, 18% as a state and the national average was quite a bit lower. >> so us three are going together in the front. >> there's going to be a living room to the right. >> reporter: since january, parol apprehension teams have been charged with locating every parolee at large whom they consider a high risk to public safety. >> it bumped up significantly. this is our full ti